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Fellow Ashoka Depuis Jul 2007

Marek Cernocky is creating a new way to fund citizen activities in a sustainable and renewable manner by constructing one of the biggest river water electric power plants in the Czech Republic, then using the profits from the power plant to fund charitable activities specified in the statute of Marek’s organization. This is the first program of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, and it expands how the citizen sector operates.

Fellow Ashoka Depuis Jan 1998

India

JanaSahyog-An Urban Resource Centre

Y.J. Rajendra educates and empowers slum dwellers in South India about how they can improve their living conditions, by developing skills in communication, organization, and use of media. He facilitates their struggle to join forces and lobby for change.

Fellow Ashoka Depuis Sep 1986

Fellow Ashoka Depuis Apr 2010

Jordan

The Harra Initiative

Mohammed Abu Amerah is recreating the tightly knit social fabric of the Arab society, torn apart by rapid urban expansion and the consequent shift in focus from the community to self-interests. He is reviving the traditional and cultural concept of the old harra (neighborhood) and what it represents as a space for community participation, mutual respect, and protection for vulnerable groups.

Fellow Ashoka Depuis Jul 2011

Recognizing the positive role women can play in reducing gun violence, Binalakshmi “Bina” Nepram is pioneering the micro-disarmament movement in India by involving and empowering women most affected by violence.

Fellow Ashoka Depuis Jul 2012

Nigeria

Youth Development Initiative Project (Y-DIP)

Tobenna Nwagujiobi is restoring dignity to young people facing chronic unemployment and to farming, a profession that has been undervalued, and thus, underutilized by rural inhabitants as a means of solving many of their community’s challenges.

Fellow Ashoka Depuis Jun 2012

Nureddin Amro is bringing visually impaired students to participate as equals in public school classrooms for the first time across the Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the Palestinian Territories). In this way, he is driving up the level of empathy in these societies, and thus, better equipping them to embrace difference of all kinds.

Fellow Ashoka Depuis Dec 1992

Mohammed Shahidul Haque, himself physically disabled, seeks to show Bangladesh that its policy of not allowing those like him to contribute works to the detriment of both the country - and the disabled.

Fellow Ashoka Depuis May 2003

Minal Doshi is reversing the tragic national practice of neglecting children's disability to the point when it is too late for optimizing treatment and rehabilitation. She is opening new opportunities for disabled children and their families through multidimensional education on early diagnosis, prevention, and rehabilitation. Minal is addressing her pattern-changing education to all related professional groups and to high-risk families and caregivers.

Fellow Ashoka Depuis Oct 1996

Chile

Centro de Estudios y Documentacion Mapuche LIWEN

Aware from personal experience of the failures of the Chilean school system in serving the needs of indigenous people and, more generally, in instilling respect for people of varied ethnic and cultural backgrounds, José Ancán is working to remedy these institutional deficiencies.